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The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

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It's easy to laugh at etiquette, but in a hundred years, our children's grandchildren will almost certainly be laughing at us.

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I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little structure, people make interesting assumptions about the profession.

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There are so many ways to do research - even watching old Ealing comedies, watching people getting on and off buses in London, looking at household interiors.

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Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us.

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I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn - be it chiming in with constructive criticism or giving me sound advice about my career plan.

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I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his books are set in the present, and I just thought: 'You lucky, lucky beast!' because as a historical novelist, I live constantly on the edge of wondering whether tissues had been invented.

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People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look at the film footage of London streets, even in areas which weren't slums, there are kids in the streets who are dirty and have no shoes on. It was rough. There was a real edge.

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How lucky am I? Quite often I speak at book festivals, and people ask me how I got published. There's people who have been working on a book for as long as ten years, and I feel like such a cow.

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I wrote 'I'm Me' because I was asked to write a children's book.

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Writer

Born: June 7th, 1968

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